Hat-guard.



M. R. (K; M. J. SODEN.

HAT GUARD. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 25, 1909.

Patented Dec.7,1909.

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MICHAEL R. SODEN AND MATTHEW J. SODEN, 0F PATERSON, NEW JERSEY.

HAT-GUARD.

Application filed June 25, 1909.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, MICHAEL R. Semen and Ma'rrrinw J. SODEN, citizensof the United States, residing in Paterson, Passaic county, New Jersey,have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Hat- Guards; andwe do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of our invention is to provide a hat guard which may beapplied to the hat in such a way as to be as inconspicuous as possibleand which may be secured to the hat in such a way as not to damage thesame or produce unsightly holes in it and as to be proof against beingwithdrawn from the hat.

In furtherance of our invention we provide a cord or string having meanswhereby to form a loop in the same so that when the guard is not in usethe cord may be made to encircle the crown of the hat in the usualmanner, and a means for attaching the cord to the hat so constructed asto produce a neat and inconspicuous button.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 shows in perspective a hat havingour improved guard attached thereto; Fig. 2 is a sectional view of afragment of the hat, showing the manner in which the guard is attachedthereto; Fig. 8 is an inside view of the hat, a portion of the sweatband being broken away to show the attaching means; Fig. 4c is a centralsectional view of the attaching means, showing the cord in place; Fig. 5is an inside view of the prong member of the attaching device, thedotted outline illustrating the shape of said member in the blank; Fig.6 shows in plan and sec tion the button member of the attaching device;Fig. 7 is an inside view of the parts of the button member, assembled;Fig. 8 is a detail showing the device for maintaining the loop in thecord; and, Fig. 9 is a sectional view of the device shown in Fig. 8.

a designates the brim, Z), c and (Z the vertical wall of the hat crown,the hat band, and the sweat band, respectively.

6 is the cord the same being formed with a slip-noose or loop f whichmay be maintained by the clip 9. The clip 9 is in the form of atongueless buckle, its cross-piece h Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. *2, 1909.

Serial No. 504,302.

being free at one end and adapted to be received at said end by a slightrecess 2' formed in the body of the clip. A knot j is first formed inthe cord, then a loop is formed in the cord .and entered between thecross-piece h and the body of the clip, then the crosspiece It isintroduced into the knot and finally the cross-piece is pressed into therecess 2'. The construction of the clip allows the cord to be looped andassembled therewith with very considerable facility and without undueloss of time. In order to secure the other end of the cord to the hat ina neat and inconspicuous manner, we provide the securing means shownbest in Figs. 2 to 7. Here Z is a concavo-convex button having a+-shaped cut centrally therein. m is a prong member comprising aconcavoconvex disk at having a central hole 0 and four radial prongs p,p, the prong 19 being shorter than the others and the prongs 3) beingsharpened. The prong member and button member are assembled by arrangingthem as shown in Fig. 4t and then displacing inwardly the lugs 9produced by the shaped cut in the button member and finally bending saidlugs outwardly so as to clamp the disk portion a of the prong membersecurely to the button member (see Figs. t and 7). The form of the prongmember is initially that shown by dotted outline in Fig. 5;subsequently, its prongs may be bent more or less into a position wherethey stand substantially parallel with the axis of the device. The endof the cord 6 is now introduced through the opening in the latter formedby the hole 0 in the prong member and the hole produced by bending backthe lugs Q of the button member, whereupon a small knot r is tied in theend of the cord. Then the prong p is bent down against the disk a insuch manner as to overlie said opening and grip the cord. Thisarrangement allows the knot in the cord to be made very small, with theresult that the entire securing device for the cord may be also madevery small, of little convexity and hence relatively inconspicuous. Thedevice with the cord, attached, is now secured to the hat by forcing itsprongs 29 through the band 0 and the vertical wall I) of its crown, theprong p lying next adjacent the brim a of the hat and the whole beingplaced as near to the brim as possible. The prongs p are then bentoutwardly flat against the inside of the wall 6 of the hat crown, butbefore doing so We prefer to introduce over them a triangular gasket 8,which serves to cause the prongs when bent outwardly to assume rightangular bends, thus avoiding crushing the material of the hat, and toafford such a hold or anchorage for the prongs as Will prevent them frombeing drawn out of place.

The entire device is so constructed, it Will be obvious, that it may beapplied to the hat Without being at all conspicuous and Withoutproducing any undesirable projection at the inside of the hat.

Having thus fully described our invention,

What We claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. Incombination, With a hat, of a hat guard comprising a cord and a securingdevice for the cord attached to the hat and consisting of apart bearingsquarely against a Wall of the hat and having a plurality of prongsprojecting therefrom and penetrating said hat Wall and bent back againstthe material thereof, said part being concave and open for substantiallyits full Width on the side thereof adjoining, and having a penetratingopening in the portion thereof farthest from, said Wall, and the cordhaving a knot interposed between said Wall and said part and inclosed inthe concavity of the latter and restraining the cord from Withdrawalfrom said part, substantially as described.

2. In combination, With a hat, of a hat guard comprising a cord andmeans for securing the cord to the hat comprising a part bearingsquarely against a Wall of the hat and having a plurality of prongsprojecting therefrom and penetrating said hat Wall, and a gasketpenetrated by the protruding ends of the prongs, said prongs being bentback at their protruding ends and said part having a penetrating openingreceiving the cord and being concave on the side thereof adjoining saidWall and the cord having a knot interposed between said Wall and saidpart and inclosed in the concavity of the latter and restraining thecord from Withdrawal from said part, substantially as described.

3. In combination, with a hat, a hat-guard comprising a cord and asecuring device therefor attached to the hat and consisting of aparthaving, a plurality of prongs projecting therefrom and penetratingthe hat and bent back against the material thereof, said part having anopening receiving the cord and another prong bent into clenchingrelation to the cord, substantially as described.

In testimony, that We claim the foregoing, We have hereunto set ourhands this 24th day of June, 1909.

MICHAEL R. SODEN. MATTHEW J. SODEN. Witnesses:

JOHN l/V. STEWARD, M. D. BELL.

